Milton Ernest Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Milton Ernest is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Alternative names: Milton Erness, Mildentone, Middeltone (xi cent.); Middelton Ernys (xiii cent.); Milton Herneys (xiv cent.); Mylton Harneys (xv cent.); Milton Harnes (xvi cent.).
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MILTON-ERNEST, a village and a parish in the district and county of Bedford. The village stands on the river Ouse, 2 miles N of Oakley r. station, and 4½ NW by N of Bedford; and has a post office under Bedford. The parish comprises 2,070 acres. Real property, £2,393. Pop., 485. Houses, 111. The manor belongs to Earl Brownlow and B. H. Starey, Esq.; and Milton-Ernest Hall is Mr. Starey’s seat. The Bedfordshire subscription hounds are kennelled here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £275. Patron, Turner, Esq. The church is ancient; comprises Norman portions; was restored in 1865, at a cost of £1,364; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and contains some ancient monuments to the Rolls and the Turners. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, alms houses with £65 a year, and other charities £10.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
MILTON-ERNEST (All Saints), a parish, forming, with Clapham and Oakley, a detached portion of the hundred of Stodden, in the union and county of Bedford, 5 miles (N. W. by N.) from Bedford; containing 446 inhabitants. It is situated on the Ouse, and comprises 1333a. 1r. 17p., of which 740 acres are arable, 510 pasture and meadow, and about 53 woodland; the soil near the river is rich. The surface is undulated.
The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £7. 6. 8.; net income, £285; patron, C. Turnor, Esq.; impropriators, the trustees under the will of Sir E. Turnor, for the benefit of the vicar: the tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1803. The church is an ancient structure of mixed styles, the tower in the Norman, and the nave and chancel in the later English. An alms house for six persons was founded in 1693, by Sir E. Turnor, who endowed it with lands now producing about £40 per annum.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Milton Ernest Parish Registers 1538-1812
Bedfordshire Parish Registers V.11 15 MB 0 downloads
Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, Clerk of Records, Bedfordshire. Published under the auspices of the County Records Committee of the Bedfordshire County Council, and of the Ven….London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Death, Thomas, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, bachelor, 35, and Elhamah Rolt, spinster, 18, daughter of the Lady Anne Rolt, of Milton, Beds, widow, who consents — at St. Leonard, Shoreditch, or Stoke Newington, Middlesex. 21 Oct. 1669. F.
Rolt, Thomas, of Milton Ernies, co. Beds, esq., bachelor, 23, and Mary Cox, spinster, 18, daughter of Thomas Cox, of Christchurch, London, doctor of physic, who consents — at any church in the City of London. 5 May, 1664. F.
White, Arnold, of Hackney, Middlesex, merchant, bachelor, 40, and Katherine Rolt, spinster, 20, daughter of the Lady Anne Rolt, of Milton, Beds, widow, who consents – at Hackney or Stoke Newington, Middlesex. 5 July, 1669. F.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
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Bedfordshire Historical Directories
Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire 1869 152.6 MB 0 downloads
Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire. Edited by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. London: Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 51,…
Post Office Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, with Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Huntingdonshire 1854 104.9 MB 0 downloads
Post Office Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, with Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Huntingdonshire. London: Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19 and 20 Old Boswell Court,…
Post Office Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire Oxfordshire with Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Huntingdonshire 1847 98.8 MB 0 downloads
Post Office Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire Oxfordshire with Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Huntingdonshire 1847. London: Printed and Published by W. Kelly and Co.,19 and 20 Old Boswell Court,…
Harrod & Co.’s Royal County Directory of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire 1876 55.4 MB 0 downloads
J. G. Harrod & Co.’s Royal County Directory of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire Price Eighteen Shillings. Royal County Directory Offices: Norwich. 1876 Publisher: J. G….
Kellys Directory of Bedfordshire, Hunts, and Northamptonshire 1885 108 MB 0 downloads
Kellys Directory of Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Northamptonshire. London: Kelly and Co., Printers, Gate Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C., and Middle Hill, Kingston-on-Thames. 1885. Publisher:…Directory Transcriptions
Kelly’s Directory of the Wine and Spirit Trades, with which are included Brewers and Maltsters 1884
Marked thus * are Small Brewers who brew the beer they sell.
MILTON ERNEST, Bedford
Maltster
Newbery Frederick
Source: The Post office directory of the brewers and maltsters [afterw.] Kelly’s directory of the wine and spirit trades, with which are included brewers and maltsters By Kelly’s directories, ltd. 1884
Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Bedford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Clapham
- Poor Law Union: Bedford
- Hundred: Stodden
- Province: Canterbury